One in 20 babies experiences physical abuse, global review finds
Medical Xpress
March 5, 2026
About one in 20 infants worldwide is subjected to physical abuse by a caregiver in their first two years of life. That's the central finding of a new study co-led by researchers from the UBC faculty of medicine and Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), the first to bring together anonymous reports from caregivers about behaviors like spanking, slapping, shaking and hitting. The findings are published in the journal eClinicalMedicine.
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Originally published on Medical Xpress on 3/5/2026